The pretzel necklace is a common sight at the Great American Beer Festival, and many GABF regulars spend considerable time creating just the perfect accessory for the event. And while sure, pretzels go great with beer, sometimes you need a change of pace — and carbs. How about pepperoni? Crackers?…
Thousands of beers will be pouring this weekend at the Great American Beer Festival, but the event is a little short on food. Inside the Colorado Convention Center, you’re limited to concessions and pretzel necklaces, and while food trucks are a welcome addition to this year’s festivities, they’ll only be…
One of the best things about the Great American Beer Festival is all of the beer-centric dinners at local restaurants created to prep folks for the big weekend ahead. Last night, the all-vegetarian eatery WaterCourse Foods held just such a dinner; the amuse (pictured above) comprised a spicy local winter…
Is this your first rodeo? If so, then you won’t be alone. The Boulder-based Brewers Association sold 55,000 tickets to this year’s Great American Beer Festival — and you’ll feel like every one of those people is in line with you. Maybe it’s not your first time, in which case…
If you didn’t spring for tickets to the farm-to-table pavilion, your food options at GABF are sparse: You’re either eating a pretzel necklace, or you’re choosing from a handful of mediocre options in the convention center. Or, if you’re smart, you’re showing up early and eating from food trucks…
With the Great American Beer Festival in town and everyone talking about beer, describing a brew as “good” or just saying “I like it” no longer feels like enough. That’s why an oversold crowd of sixty or so swillers packed the Rackhouse Pub for yesterday’s Beer Judge School. For those…
Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. Well, not when there’s this much beer around. Welcome to Great American Beer Festival week in Denver — which is, for some, the most wonderful time of the year. And the presents have already started arriving. But whether you have tickets…
Colorado. You’re gonna need a bigger coozie. Oskar Blues, the Colorado company that kicked off the craft-beer-in-a-can revolution in 2002, will celebrate a decade of unconventional packaging next year by pouring its flagship brew, Dales’s Pale Ale, into sixteen-ounce tallboys for the first time…
Our cup is really overflowing with beery events this week, as local brewpubs and restaurants tap interesting kegs, hold meet-and-greets with brewers, and pair beers with food — jumping on the sudsy coattails of Denver Beer Fest and the Great American Beer Festival. But craft beer is popular in this…
Most places that want in on this week’s beer-y festivities have lined up unusual kegs and interesting events with brewers at their restaurants. Three years ago, Sweet Action Ice Cream, which has no draft lines in its shop, came up with another cool way to get in on the fun:…
The Great American Beer Festival is the biggest, most well-known beer festival in the world. But there are only about 55,000 tickets issued for the three-day event, which starts Thursday — and they sold out in a record seven days this year. Still, sometimes the best parts of the GABF…
Oskar Blues has been one of the rock stars of the craft brewing industry for nearly a decade — ever since it became the first microbrewery to can its big beers. And this week, Oskar Blues is offering its legions of fans a peek behind the curtain, not just of…
Over the past two decades, New Belgium Brewing has helped to make Fort Collins into one of the most well-known small beer cities in America. Now New Belgium could solidify the reputation of another small beer city by creating a second brewery there. The company confirmed to the Fort Collins…
“Clear Thinking,” this week’s cover story on Spring44, details the rise of vodka — a rise due, in part, to the spirit’s lack of flavor: Because it tastes like nothing, it’s easy to mix with everything. How, then, do you evaluate vodka for taste? And furthermore, don’t all vodkas taste…
While we’re stoked to sample what seems like millions of beers at the Great American Beer Festival, it’s possible that we’re actually more excited to see what Denver area restaurants and bars trot out on taplines next week. This event brings in beer geeks from all over the world, and…
Happy Place: Japoix Restaurant and Lounge, 975 Lincoln Street, 303-861-2345 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close. The Deals: $3 well drinks and wines by the glass; half-priced beer, sake and specialty cocktails; $3-$8 small plates. Were we happy? Flip the page…
The Great American Beer Festival, coming to town September 29 through October 1, is sold out — completely. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find plenty of beer geekery all over town. One of the first big warm-ups will be the Great COntenders, taking place from 1 to 4 p.m…
Why is it that so many of Denver’s more casual, moderately priced restaurants have wine lists that make the oenophiles among us want to just give up and order a beer? It’s as if the people in charge of designing these lists decided that when entrees cost somewhere in the…
Vodka has been the most popular spirit in America since the 1970s, and there’s no sign of it slowing down. As outlined in “Clear Thinking,” this week’s cover story about Spring44, vodka’s popularity keeps growing year after year, expanding into a market now worth billions of dollars. Part of that…
Are you ready to rumble? We are. The Great American Beer Festival kicks off on September 29, but there are plenty of GABF-related events where you can practice in advance — or even instead — of the big show. In fact, there are too many events to list, but I…
Spring 44’s vodka and gin — the subject of this week’s cover story, “Clear Thinking” — is made with water that comes from a pristine spring in a secluded forest in Buckhorn Canyon, up at 9044 feet…
Here’s a third — and final — chance to win a pair of free tickets to the events Friday, September 30, at the very sold-out Great American Beer Festival…
